Features
Channeling on-demand
25 Feb 10 - Video-on-demand services are becoming ubiquitous, taking many forms across Europe. The business models for pay-TV operators are becoming clearer, but what about channel providers? Graham Pomphrey reports...
Towards the light
25 Feb 10 - As the European fibre-to-the-home industry prepares for its annual gathering under the auspices of the FTTH Council Europe, whose 2010 conference will take place in Lisbon from February 24-25, Stuart Thomson assesses the current state of fibre in Europe...
The case for fibre
11 Feb 10 - FTTH Council Europe director-general Hartwig Tauber explains to Digital TV Europe’s Stuart Thomson how the growing interest in 3D and the widespread adoption of HDTV services could kick-start take up of FTTH services...
Capitalising on the Digital Age
11 Feb 10 - Media companies can smell trouble: the content genie is out of the bottle and consumers are already used to getting digital media without paying for it. Oracle Communications’ report ‘Capitalising on the digital age’ looks at how changes in consumer behaviour will present fresh challenges...
A view from the top
30 Oct 09 - The growing availability of technologies to deliver so-called ‘over-the-top’ services present both challenges and opportunities to service providers. Stuart Thomson and Graham Pomphrey investigate...
The high road
26 Oct 09 - While demand for HDTV is beginning to take off in key markets such as the UK, the economics remain challenging for many players. Graham Pomphrey and Stuart Thomson assess recent developments...
Operating overload
26 Oct 09 - The introduction of new services is continuing to put pressure on service providers to upgrade their back end systems in order to manage their portfolio more effectively. Farah Jifri reports...
Must-carry, Czech style
26 Oct 09 - EU members states must observe the letter and spirit of regulations when setting must-carry obligations on service providers, argues Zdenek Vanicek...
Mobility matters
20 Oct 09 - The dominance of Austria’s mobile networks in voice and their emerging power in the broadband market may foreshadow wider trends in Europe. Telekom Austria’s CEO Hannes Ametsreiter believes regulators with an outdated view of the market could kill fixed-line networks...
Ad and divide
27 Aug 09 - The use of two-way networks to deliver targeted advertising remains more a promise than a reality, despite the impact of the internet and the economic downturn on TV ad revenues. Stuart Thomson investigates...
